John Kurlander

engineer
l mixer

History:John's
career began at Abbey Road Studios in 1967, and his first major
assignment was assistant engineer on The Beatles "Abbey Road"
LP. Over the years he recorded the wide variety of pop and rock
stars for whom Abbey Road was world-famous, and then moved on to
record symphonic orchestras, developing the skills acquired in all
these arenas into a unique expertise in crossover projects. For
EMI Classics, he recorded most of the worlds major orchestras
including Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra (2 Grammy
nominations for classical engineering), international performers
such as Placido Domingo and Itzhak Perlman, and over 100 Broadway
and West End original cast albums. By the early 1980s John had become
the engineer of choice for many bands "doing some of their
acoustic numbers with the London Philharmonic". These included
Elton John, Toto, (arranged by James Newton-Howard), Extreme, Everything
But The Girl, Greg Lake, Pete Townshend, Ozzy Osbourne, and the
classical crossover albums "Hooked on Classics" and "Classic
Rock". In 1985 John was appointed Chief Balance Engineer of
Abbey Road Studios.

When
John recorded the score soundtrack to the Tom Hanks' movie Philadelphia
with composer Howard Shore, they forged a relationship, which has
continued through (to name but a few) Se7en, The Game, Panic Room
and History of Violence to the acclaimed Lord of the Rings trilogy.

He
finally left Abbey Road in 1996 and moved to Los Angeles to concentrate
on freelance film scoring, and now works regularly with composers
Howard Shore, Marco Beltrami (Scream Trilogy, Blade II, I Robot,
Hellboy, Underworld: Evolution), Graham Revell (The Siege, Tomb
Raider), Tomandandy (The Hills have Eyes) and Antonio Pinto (Lord
of War, Perfect Stranger). He also regularly does string sessions
for arranger Jeremy Lubbock (Celine Dion, Brandy, Sarah McLachlan
etc).

He takes particular pride in working with talented new composers,
using his vast experience to bring symphonic dynamics to smaller,
contemporary scores.

LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, & The Return Of
The King have had big Music Wins in the Oscars and Golden Globe
Awards, and for his engineering work on this project John took home
3 consecutive Grammy's for Best Score Soundtrack Album and 3 consecutive
TEC Awards for Best Film Sound Production.
Marco Beltrami's "3:10 to Yuma" recorded and mixed by
John has been nominated for 2 Oscars (2008) in the categories Best
Score and Best Sound Mix.

L-R:
(After years of self-restraint, John finally made the walk across
Abbey Road for The Two Towers CD, with Paul Broucek [New Line Cinema],
Peter Jackson and Howard Shore. R: Toto IV sessions on the original
EMI console in Abbey Road 1

News:
John was pleased to contribute to 2 recent book releases: Geoff
Emericks Here, There and Everywhere and Recording
The Beatles by Kevin Ryan & Brian Kehew. Last year
John was Beta tester and consultant for Neumanns new Solution-D
range of all-digital microphones.